you look at the sky here say wow, that's a tough cookie. i am very fearful for my life. i am very worried that i will be accosted. is -- no, no, he'll do the acosting. asylum, oh, give him asylum. he's afraid. he's afraid. we don't love the fact that he's got tattoos on his face. that's not a good sign.

these three players were tough cookies.

he was a very tough cookie. and he was able to silence his critics by doing it. so we're going to get your voice back. we are going to get it back. when it looked like i was going to win -- we still have these never trump, never trump, all these people, never trump. that's why i love mike. mike said, hey, he's doing a good job. he's such an amazing guy. we always got along. somehow, we always got along. and there are a few others, too. we have some pretty good relationships. is it, you know, we're going to do something. and when i got the nomination, and as we were getting a and is working on the life form, i said to my people, see if you can add in the johnson amendment. call it the johnson amendment. that we are going to get rid of the johnson amendment. [applause]

estate guys in new york and elsewhere, pretty tough cookies, right? politics is a much dirtier business. so i get a -- a call, this guy from -- i never even heard of it. but my people said, club for growth. they grow the wallet in their pockets, that is what it is. so, trump for growth, supposedly a conservative. so he comes up to my office. we have a perfectly nice talk. he is telling me about club for growth, which is nice, and that is the and of it. he then sends me a letter, asks me about make a $1 million contribution. i said, $1 million? i may be rich, but i'm not stupid, right? $1 million? so he wants $1 million in the letter. he was stupid enough to put it in the letter. howtold him, obviously -- many in the room would say, oh, good, let's give him $1 million. i just can't do that.

literally, i have had policemen, tough cookies, where they are literally afraid to be a little rough with people that are really bad people. because they are afraid they will end up getting brought

you need tough people and he's a tough cookie. and when we got his endorsement, we were thrilled, i tell you that. he is a great guy. you know, i was doing a little bit of a thing called the bates -- [crowd chanting] mr. trump: get them out, please. et them out.

these were guys that formed isis, these are tough cookies. they didn't like us. and they didn't really want to fight for iraq because iraq is a corrupt government, you know. remember when they were handing $50 million of cash, cash, they were going through afghanistan a, paying off -- i want to know, who are the soldiers that are carrying cash, $50 million, cash? how stupid are we? i wouldn't be surprised -- if those soldiers, i wouldn't be surprised if the cash didn't get there. i have to be honest. ay. but remember when obama was saying, we will leave, we are leaving iraq as of a certain date. now the opponents said, wow, that's great. [laughter] what do we have to fight anymore for? let's just wait a year and a half.

david shaw can do will make tremendous compassion, but he's also a tough cookie. we are getting it done and doing whatever is necessary. we have many coming. when you look at that in the not-too-distant future, it's a much different place. pete: mr. president, thank you

this guy is a tough cookie, great financial guy, one of the guys i definitely would use to negotiate with japan, china. believe me, you are going to be in good shape if that happens. we won't have these characters. the whole thing -- by the way, i'm the only one who is self running my campaign. the only one. i'm the only one. [cheers and applause] i'm still finding my campaign. and these other guys, you know, they're getting millions and millions of dollars from people i know. i have one guy who wanted to give me a lot of money and i said, "honestly, i can't take it." which is for me to not take money from him a whole life i've been taking -- now i'm sort of like, what am i doing? but came in and i said, so what you going to do? i don't want your money. he said, i've got to go someplace else. they're like gamblers. i said, but you like me best. he said, i like you best, but have to go someplace else. isy want to be part -- who

and a good guy but a tough cookie. and he said mr. trump, that harold hamm, he's my friend but these other companies, they spend millions of dollars looking for oil. that guy takes a straw, puts it in the ground and oil pours out of it. that's the kind of a guy we want elling us about energy, right? and you made a great speech the other night. we want the real players. we don't want the consultants. we don't want the guys that he hires. we want him. so harold, great that you're here. i didn't know you would be here. i appreciate it and your speech was terrific, by the way. we values and i think very important, jeff sessions, who may or may not be here still, but i want to tell you -- [applause] donald trump: he was the first one. mike, he was right at the beginning. and he's so highly respected. and honestly, ted cruz has so much respect for jeff sessions and everybody knew that jeff sessions was going to be with ted cruz during the campaign. and jeff said i've never seen anything like what's happening. you've got a ma

he is a tough cookie and you know what, i just took out something. i said, let me -- look, we know he's a great coach. but we don't know how great a coach. bobby knight, as you know, he coached in a place called indiana. i won't ask you how it's doing since he left. i won't ask. but it's going to do well and i hear you have a very good coach. i do, i hear you have a very good coach now. is that true? i hear you have a very good coach. but he coached the u.s. olympic team, in 1984, won the gold medal. he won three ncaa titles at a place called the university of indiana. he was put in the hall of fame in 1991.

good job but it shows he's a tough cookie. he doesn't like it when you sign a pledge and then you use their data of which cost them millions and millions of dollars to -- because of the fact you signed a pledge and then you violate it, look, they signed an agreement and the agreement says without question, it says i will -- now they are violating it and nobody talks about. they say what wonderful people. nobody talks about the fact that they violated a pledge. >> mr. trump, with the politician, with anybody, you are only as good as your word. is anybody going to trust these guys ever again? how could they possibly run for president or anything else? >> you know what it is, they got beaten so badly and they didn't expect -- i mean, jeb expected to win. kasich, i don't know how he expected to win, but i guess he did, but he certainly got very few votes. he would go to these states and he would bomb in every state, but he was stubborn. he says i'm going to the next one. i remember one of the reporters asked him well, you did very

my father was a really good man with a tremendous heart, but he was a tough cookie. >> pelley: with a tougher hide, perhaps, than his son, who has sometimes gone to war with reporters. why so thin-skinned? >> trump: i don't like lies. i... i don't mind a bad story. if you did a bad story on me for "60 minutes," if it were a fair story, i wouldn't be thin- skinned at all. you know, some of the media is among the worst people i've ever met. and i mean a pretty good percentage is really a terrible group of people. they write lies, they write false stories. they know they're false. it makes no difference. and frankly, i don't call it thin-skinned; i'm angry. >> pelley: an impression is created, though, that you like to dish it out but you can't take a punch. >> trump: oh, i think i can take it. i... i could take it if it's fair. again, if people say things that are false-- which happens a lot with me-- if people say things that are false, i will fight, like, harder than anybody. if i do something wrong-- and that happens-- and they write a fair story that i did something wrong, there's no

he's a tough cookie. he's a tough cookie. and we want him on our side. i'm just telling you, i'm leaving now. we have to be making for speeches, do you believe this? do you want me to go? they said you are making a speech here than there than there. i said let's this all about? i will be back a lot. it's an incredible state with incredible friends. mine. a great friend of businessman, one of the most successful businessmen in the country. i'm going to go and i'm going to be back a lot. we are going to be fighting hard ,o -- fighting hard for danny for dean, and for others. for your thank you incredible support. you have been there from the day i announced i was going to run for president. i want to thank you. thank you very much nevada. we will be back a lot. >> that is president trump stateng his speech at the convention. he's heading to a roundtable on tax reform. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, author and georgetown university sociology professor michael eric --on ta

and i said, he is a tough cookie or something to that effect. he said something nice about me. this has been going on. we did "60 minutes" together. by the way, not together together. meaning he was probably shot in moscow. >> he was in moscow. >> i was in new york. >> here's the thing. >> just so you understand. he said very nice things about me. but i have no relationship with him. >> yet you said for three years, '13, '14, and '15, you did have a relationship with him. >> what do you call a relationship? >> i'm asking you. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i ever met him. i never met him. >> you would know it if you did. >> i think so. if he's in the same room, i don't think so. i've been to moscow. >> never spoken to him on the phone? >> i didn't meet him in moscow. where? >> never spoken to him on the phone? >> i have never spoken to him on the phone, no. i've spoken -- when we had the miss universe contest a number of years ago. we had miss universe in the moscow area. he was invited. he wanted to come. he wasn't able to come. that would have been a time

he was a tough cookie. a muchi am going to be nicer president. over the past 10 months, a lot you and i have had the pleasure aniaelcoming many -- mel and i have had the pleasure of ultimate many special people to the white house. taken in world leaders, politicians, and some strange bird. we have yet to receive any visitors like our guest of honor today, drumstick. hi, drumstick. drumstick is going to be very happy. , thatleased to report unlike billions of other turkeys at this time of year, drumstick has a very bright future ahead of them. on a turkeys raised farm in douglas county, minnesota with the help of five young women from the douglas county 4h chapter who are here with us today. great work. where are they. please stand. great job you have done. h, that is great. drumstick and his friend westbound will live out their days at gobbler's arrest. it is antom built, enclosure on the campus of virginia tech, a tremendous school. they will join tatar and tot -- the two turkeys pardoned by president obama. i have been very active in overturnin

trump: tough cookies, tough cookies. when it comes to ice and border patrol and all of these incredible people you have been reading about who are doing them the unreal job -- doing an unreal job -- we want to border security, border security in our country. we respect ice. these are tough people and you have to be tough. when they have a problem with ms 13 gangs and all of these others that came through these horrible and weak immigration laws that we are strengthening up -- we are going to get them done. we need tough laws, fair laws. but when these people come into our country and, legally -- and come illegally and dispersed through the country and use the nests of ms 13, it is like liberating hounds. we send eyes in. for ice, it is just another day keeganil and john and and bubba, like the way they play golf. they don't know it is hard. they don't know what that is. these guys walk into those areas, take them out of there so fast, not afraid of anything. it is like liberating a town. like in a war, you are liberating

he was a very tough cookie. when i worked for him, i did great stuff and i did great success, even when working for him. i brought it to a very high level and he said that everything i touch turns to gold, and i said, this is not a father who would normally say that, this was normally a very tough cookie. he was not easy. but terrific, a terrific guy. he said that statement to me and i was thinking that was probably the greatest compliment i have ever had. he said that everything i touch turns to gold. but there are different kinds of gold. a political gold to get a building permit or to get a house built in brooklyn or in queens. mark: that was the person, donald trump. we will talk about his policy and head out on the rink. ♪ i just had a horrible nightmare. my company's entire network went down, and i was home in bed, unaware. but that would never happen. comcast business monitors my company's network 24 hours a day and calls and e-mails me if something, like this scary storm, takes it offline. so i can res

and he's a tough cookie and a good guy but a tough cookie. he said, you know, mr. trump, that harold ham, he's my friend but these other companies go out and spend millions looking for oil. that guy takes a straw, puts it in the ground and oil pours out of him. that's the kind of guy we want telling us about energy, right? we want the real players. we want him. harold, i'm glad you're here. we appreciate it. your speech was terrific, by the way. we also have, and i think very important, jeff sessions, who may or may not be here still. but i want to tell you, he was right at the beginning and so highly respected. cruz has so much respect for jeff sessions and everybody knew jeff sessions would be with ted cruz during the campaign. and jeff said, he never said i see what's happening. you've got a movement going on and he was the first big player, u.s. senator, highly respected by everybody. one of the really smart people. and low key, i like that. you know that low key genius, well, donald, i don't know if 'd do it that way. why don't you try doing it this way. that'

they say people view you as a tough cookie. thisare not going to take craft. .- this crap [applause] now i talk about section. i've got the greatest guys in the world. i always talk about ford. it's not going to happen with me. ford is closing plants all over michigan. how the hell does that help us? are the people who think that is good for us? we have plants all over the place and then they're going to four willand parts -- stay in the to united states. it's very simple. how about nabisco announced in chicago they are going to leave and go to mexico. we are not eating oreos anymore. it's not going to happen. they are going to make a product and sell it in the united states? it's not going to happen. ofdon't get anything out anything. that iran deal was a disaster. this came to me two weeks ago. worst dealal is the i've ever seen negotiated. rack.e them a that's even better. rack -- we gave iran iraq. take a look. among the largest oil reserves in the world. by decapitating a iraq, not only did they , we gave themeal iraq. lar

[applause] and these are two tough cookies. they want what's right. they want what's right. and interesting if you look at texas if you look at georgia, if you look at mississippi and kentucky and some other states that are known as being very tough, these are big supporters of what we're doing and some of it's been modeled after what they've done. they've den a tremendous job. my my administration will always support the incredible men and women of law enforcement and we will continue to pursue the policies that help the heros who keep us safe. they are truly heroes. we also thank the more than 2,000 leaders in the faith community who have signed a letter of support. we have tremendous support within the faith community. unbelievable support. americans from across the political spectrum can unite around prison reform legislation that will reduce crime, while giving our fellow citizens a chance at redemption. so if something happens and they make a mistake, they get a second chance at life. today's announcement shows that true bipartisanship is possible and maybe it will be

he was a tough cookie. today, i'm going to be a much nicer president. [turkey gobbles] over the past 10 months, melania and i have had the pleasure of welcoming many, many special visitors to the great white house. we've hosted dozens of incredible world leaders, members of congress, and, along the way, a few very strange birds. but we have yet to receive any visitors quite like our magnificent guest of honor today -- drumstick. hi, drumstick. oh, drumstick, i think, is going to be very happy. i'm pleased to report that, unlike millions of other turkeys at this time of the year, drumstick has a very, very bright future ahead of him. drumstick was raised on carl and sharlene's turkey farm in douglas county, minnesota, with the help of five young women from the douglas county 4-h chapter who are here with us today. and i want to say, great work. where are they? please stand. great job you've done. (applause.) 4-h. that's great. thank you. upon being pardoned, drumstick and his friend, wishbone, will live out their days at gobbler's rest -- beautiful place

so you are just a tough cookie. you got it. number one. number one in the nation. i want to thank wilbur. that's great. i also want to recognize the heroes who saved american freedom. and i've known some of them since i've been in office. i've seen them. and there they are. here today is my good friend who i just left and he was in the oval office with me at the white house. woody williams. 75 years ago, woody showed fearless courage as a marine in the battle of iwo jima. you are amazing. president trump:: i promise them is would not tell that he's 97 years old. i promise. i'll tell you, he's 100% sharp. he's 100% sharp. i know a 78-year-old that's not so sharp and he's 97. and he's 100%. this has nothing to do with that. 78's young. depends on who's 78. that's all. he's 97. i said man, you are something. and physically in great shape. he bread -- destroyed enemies with machine guns, positioned after another, knocked them out one after one for his daring actions. president truman, awarded woody the congressional medal of honor, the highest in our land. woody, congr

barry switzer, he is a tough cookie but a good guy, a tough cookie. you know, mr. trump, harold is my friend. other companies spend millions of dollars looking for oil. he takes a straw, puts it in the ground and oil pours out of them. that's the kind of guy we want telling us about energy, right? harold, you made a great speech the other night. we want the real players. we don't want the consultants. we don't want the guys that he hires. we want him. so, harold, great that you're here. i appreciate it. your speech was terrific, by the way. we also have and i think very important jeff sessions who may or may not be here still. i want to tell you, he was the first one, mike, he was right at the beginning and he is so highly respected and honestly, ted cruz has so much respect for jeff sessions and everybody knew that jeff sessions was going to be with ted cruz during the campaign. jeff said, i have never seen anything like what's happening. you have a movement going on. he was the first big, big player, u.s. senator, highly respected by everybody, one of the really

cookie and was a good interview, i liked it, i enjoyed it. and it was good, but i didn't say you can only ask this, you can only ask -- we have to be sharp. if you're in the offices of the presidency, we have to be sharp. so they were saying all these different things, going all over, whatever stock. none of it stuck, fortunately, but one of the reasons it didn't is i took a test.in i said to the doctor, dr. bonnie jackson, i said is there some kind of a test, and acuity teste and he said there actually is and he named it, whatever it might be it was 30 or 35 questions, the first questions are very easy, the last questions are much more difficult. like a memory question.li it's like you go person, woman, man, camera, tv. so they say could you repeat that? so i said yeah. so it's person, woman, man, camera, tv. they say okay, that's very good. if you got it in order, you get it extra points. now he's asking other questions, other questions. and then 10 minutes, 15, 20 minutes later they say remember that first question, not the first, but the

these were killers, tough cookies and a man and a wife and the wife was totally anti-gun. she hated that the husband had guns and a guy was a big second amendment guy. all of a sudden they are waiting in these two tough cookies, tough guys, bad guys are somewhere around their homes. with in a little bit she all of a sudden now is totally pro, because she felt -- he was so happy that her husband had a gun and they had to go to the table. and they never had to use it, they never had to use it because remember only the bad guys use it but they were secure. now she is bigger than the husband terms of wanting it so 100% the second amendment. yes sir. >> mr. trump on the veteran of iraq and afghanistan. [applause] >> good, wow. were you hurt or wanted ever? were you ever wanted it? >> an ied blast and a couple of ground incidents. >> will you look great, go ahead >> i've seen a lot of suffern county iraqi and afghan east side. what should we be doing if anything for the humanitarian crisis happening in syria right now? .. we have problems here. we owe so much money -- we owe jap

just as he protected america as an office of the legendary seal team six, he's a tough cookie, you've done a great job, thank you, ryan. governor gary herbert. come on, gary, get over here. [applause] and your wife, the first lady is fantastic. thank you very much. first lady, thank you, first ady. attorney general shaun reyes. thank you. thank you. an original supporter of mine you always remember those original supporters, greg houston. thank you. he was an original, right at the beginning, thank you, greg. he had a feeling. finally, i want to recognize the members of the local utah navajo, thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. really appreciate it. we are profoundly honored by your presence here today and i'm thrilled to be here with so many wonderful friends so many people that saw something a little special and they said, we're with him and i'm really working hard to put it back and that's what we're doing today this magnificent capitol in your incredible state and it is special people in a special state. thank you very much for being here. i've just come

i think he's a tough cookie, he knows what he's talking about. jacobs -- >> you mean ambassador bolton? colonel jacobs? i >> he's a good guy. i see him on occasion. >> you wrote this about saudi arabia, it's the world's biggest funder of terrorism. saudi arabia funnels our petro dollars, our very own money, to fund the terrorists. while the saudis rely on us to protect them. what are u.s./saudi relations going to look like under a trump administration? >> i'm not a big fan. >> they treat women poorly. >> the primary reason we're with saudi arabia is we need the oil. we don't need the oil as much. if we let our people really go, we wouldn't need the oil at all and let everybody else fight it out. saudi arabia's going to be in big trouble pretty soon and they're going to need help. if you look at yemen and border, you don't have to be an expert to know that's a long border. they're not going in for yemen. they're going in for the oil, saudi arabia. saudi arabia is going to need help. like it or don't like it, people back saudi arabia. what i really

is a nice man, but he is a tough cookie. renegotiateve to the deal and he said we are happy with the deal. said you may be happy, but i'm not happy. after three times he said he did not want to renegotiate and i said we don't have to renegotiate a older. we're going to put tariffs on that come into the united states. is economically all about ofs and they sell millions into your and cities country. , it startedsaying with japan. our country has been abused and taken advantage of our virtually every country that it does business with and we are just not letting that happen anymore. that includes the military. and as thelates president mentioned, howard you describe the relations right now? do you talk about improving that and did you carry a special --sage question mark message? >> i would be happy if that was the case because my and caring for the matters, it is similar to the views of president trump. other verynd each well. heknows how to calculate and takes care. this is something you have to take care of. objectively loo

you have a tough cookie here. i can tell you. i just met him and i can tell you. but we're going to -- you know, i have a great policy plan and i've gotten a lot of credit for it, it's on donaldjtrump.com. with the veterans, when they're waiting for exorbitant times, even for a little time, they're going to go to the doctor, they're going to go to local doctors or local hospitals, many of the hospitals are dying for business, you know that, they're dying, these hospitals, some of these hospitals are dying. they're going to get immediate treatment, immediate service, we're going to pay the bill. and we're going to save a fortune and they're going to get great. and everybody is in love with it. that's what's going to happen. we're going to take care of our veterans. if we can't take care of our veterans, we can't take care of anyone. so we're going to take care of our vets. go ahead. one more from my other biker friend here. questioner: \[inaudible] i wouldn't want to fight you. do you think i could take new a fight? i don't think so. what do you think? how about we

. >> don't know him, but certainly he's a tough cookie and i don't know how he's doing for russia. we'll find out one day. jesse: elizabeth warren. >> i think she would lose badly. i think she hurt hillary clinton very badly. jesse: why? >> i watched those speeches. anger and hatred. they are hard. i said she is bad for hillary. i watched that last couple weeks where she was getting up with that craziness and anger you i have got news for you, donald trump. women have had it with guys like you. and nasty women have really had it with guys like you. >> pocahontas would not be proud of her as her representative. jesse: i think she'll run against you, elizabeth warren. >> i hope so. that would be a dream come true. jesse: snoop dogg. >> i think that was terrible. not because of me. i think it many terrible to do that to any president, any person. i think it was pretty low life. his career is failing and he's getting a lot of publicity on it. but i think it was a terrible thing to do. jesse: bill o'reilly. >> great guy. nobody would know that. don't kid yourself he's a talented guy. je

at the same time, he is a tough cookie. i did not get attracted to the good parts, but that's a good part too. -- our nation is at a juncture where we are facing another challenge. this administration is used to challenges. we are ready to press play now and continue in the positive initiatives we have in the black community. in novemberlled me 2016 right after the election and he said to me, what do you want? i said, i want to be a liaison from the black community to the trump administration and a liaison to the black community from the trump administration. we worked on criminal justice initiativesmber of that are proactive toward the black community and here we are now and we are taking another challenge and we are going to come up with some great solutions to these problems confronting this country and i'm just glad to have a seat at the table and to have my input received. pres. trump: your input has been very important. i've known darrell a long time. what he wanted was to have a voice so he can make certain positions

these are tough cookies. we have the best in the world. we have the best military in the world. but now we're going to have -- it's equipped with the finest. and remember what else that means. that means jobs. because we build it here. when we build those beautiful planes from lockheed and drummons. jobs mean nothing compared to having the right. that's in one case. this is probably the only case where the jobs aren't as important. we have to get the military tang care of. but jobs are -- taken care of. but jobs are a secondary benefit, and we have jobs all over the country. so i just want to thank everybody for being here. it's a very special time for the country. very special time for you. god bless you all. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> fantastic. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ inaudible conversations ] [ inaudible conversations ] and tonight on c-span, supreme court chief justice john roberts sitting down for an interview at a federal judicial conference in sulfur springs, west virginia. we'll have that tonight on 8:00 p.m. eastern over on chris tan

cookie and i was surprised. i was shocked to hear this. was going to quit. blaming the white house for something that they wouldn't let him talk openly, freely. i was shocked because i know joe and he's tough. tough guy. i was really surprised to hear he was going to quit. before i could even talk to him or talk to anybody else, he put out a statement. i didn't speak to joe yet. but he said at no time have i considered resigning my position, in other words the story in "the washington post" was a fake. at no time have i considered resigning my position, since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i have never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation. that is from the acting director of national intelligence, a very good man, joseph maguire. so we're having a great period of time. our country is the strongest at their event economically. our numbers are phenomenal. wilbur, thank you. l

[applause] >> tough cookie. let's begin tonight by thanking all of the incredible men and women of the united states military and all of our wonderful veterans! the veterans! [applause] [chanting usa] >> amazing. there is no place i would rather be than with all of you here tonight with the wonderful, hard working citizens of our country. [applause] >> i would much rather spend time with you than any of the pundits, consultants, special interests, and certainly reporters from washington d.c. [applause] it is patriotic americans like you that make the country run well. you raise your families, love your country, and send your bravest to fight in our wars. [applause] >> all you want is a government that shows you the same loyalty in return. it is time that washington heard your voice and believe me on november 8th they heard your voice. [applause] [chanting trump] [applause] >> the forgotten men and women of our country will never be forgotten again. believe me. [applause] >> i want to thank so many of your state

bill o'reilly from fox is a tough cookie and i always say men, that is tough those interviews with him but i like him. bill o'reilly says in his entire life, his entire life this is the single biggest political phenomenon he has ever witnessed. the biggest, the biggest. and then i stand here and is packed halls with thousands and thousands and i have to listen to carl cameron gives a phony count, okay? think of it will o'reilly said the single biggest political event, i think that was the word he used, event. that's a big statement. that's a guy who's been around and he is a smart guy but that's a big statement. many people have said it ended to us, i am a messenger. if you are tired of making less money than he did 18 years ago, you are tired of it, i understand it. you are tired of seeing carrier leave your state go to mexico, build a plan, put their equipment and sell it like nothing happened and by the way the air-conditioners cost the same because they have to compete with crane and all the other companies. i buy from all of them. i am not buying from carrier anymore. [applause] b

he is a tough guy, a tough cookie. somebody who saw him on television, they said he looks very nasty, very mean. i said that's what i'm looking for. that's exactly what i was looking for. and for that, i want to congratulate john kelly who has done an incredible job as secretary of homeland security, incredible. one of our stars. truly, one of our stars. john kelly is one of our great stars. you know the border is down 78%. under past strayings, the border didn't go down, it went up. if it went down 1%, this was like a great thing. down 78%. and in fact, the southern border of mexico, we did a big favor, believe me, they get very little traffic because they know they aren't going to get through the border to the united states. so that whole group has been incredible led by general kelly. let me also express our gratitude to the members of the new york delegation here today, congressman chris collins. where's chris? where's chris. right from the beginning trump is going to win. trum is going to win. that's why i like hi

mike is a retired united states navy seal, a tough cookie. and a recipient of the united highestlitary's decoration, the medal of honor. thehis actions in vietnam, vietnam war. in addition, he is the recipient of a silver star, three bronze stars, and a purple heart. i am proud to have him on my team. it is such a great honor for me. and also, fellow recipient bob patterson, who likewise as the medal of honor, who is also here. we have 17 medal of honor recipients, and they have all endorsed before president of the united states, and i have been endorsed by generals and many of the generals have become very good friends of mine. we seem to have a very good chemistry together. but even the generals admit there is something very special about medal of honor recipients. mike, if i might ask you to just say hello, say couple of words, and thank you very much for being here. mr. thornton: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. when it was not fashionable to support the military in 1986, some great people like donald trump and sacked fisher, the uss us a

cookie and i was surprised, i was shocked to hear this, was going to quit. blaming the white house for something that they wouldn't let him talk openly, freely. and i was shocked because i know joe and he's tough. tough guy. and i was really surprised to hear he was going to quit before i could even either talk to him or talk to anybody else. he put out a statement, i didn't speak to joe yet, but he said at no time have i considered resigning my position. in other words the story in "the washington post" was a fake. at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16th, 2019. i have never quit anything in my life and i am not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation. that's from the acting director of national intelligence. a very good man, joseph maguire. so we're having a great period of time. our country is the strongest its ever been economically, our numbers are phenomenal. wilbur, thank you and larry and everybody. the number

a tough cookie. he was great. and, suddenly, there is only a tiny fraction of mike. believe me there is a big difference between mike wallace, and chris wallace. blood pouring out of his eyes. what am i doing? here in front of all the people. i am doing fox a favor by doing the show. and what am i doing? then they come out with these vicious questions. and they got very badly criticized. because people thought it was very unfair. now, am i complaining? not particularly. i mean i am on to the next thing that i do. and in the meantime as you know, i think you know, that i am leading in all the polls. we just got a big poll back from georgia, the great state of georgia, where i'm in the 30s. and the opponents are, you know, like 20 points lower. so, you know we are doing really well. south carolina, iowa, new hampshire, nevada, the state of nevada, where by the way i am leading not only in nevada but leading with the hispanics i always said. i told you originally i was going to win the hispanics. because i will take jobs back from china. i will create jobs in this count

these three players were tough cookies. two of them are friends of mine and they played for your team. they were great players. vince lombardi was not a big guy. he walked in and he was angry, you could see, and he came over to the table. he saw these three guys, twice his size, they could have swatted him. i will not tell you what he did, he actually grabbed one of them by the shirt. today, you cannot do that. then he left. he gave him an earful. i want to tell you, this big strong guy, he weighed about 250 then. that is like 310 now. and he left him a stormed out -- left, stormed out. and this guy was shaken. i said to myself, the reason that vince, i have great respect for him as a coach, and i love bill belichick, certain people you need to respect. and i said at one of my other meetings, tom brady is a friend of mine. he is great. nice, right? you think your quarterback is great. tom told me that. vince lombardi, the reason he got away, his winning. if he did not win, he cannot get away with that. he would not be a loo

[applause] i went to his home in tennessee it was great and it was special he was a tough cookie and a great president. and those who defy dangers and brave the elements to defend their families and their country and always to defend their values. this is what they do. they defend their values and their families. what else do they defend? our great american flag. [cheers and applause] just like the patriots who came before us, we are going to fight and we are going to win win win. [applause] we are winning. we will not bend. we will not break. we will never give in. we will never give up. we will never ever back down. we will never back down. [applause] like him. we will never surrender. we will always slide to victory. victory victory. because as you know, we are americans our heart bleeds red white and blue. we are one people. one family and one glorious nation under god. [applause] and to gather we will make america wealthy again. we will make america strong again. we will make america safe again. and we will make america great again. thank you tennessee. [cheers and applause] [ch

cookie, was going to quit, blaming the white house for something that they wouldn't let him talk openly and freely. and i was shocked because i know joe and he's tough, tough guy and i was surprised he was going to quit before i could even talk to him or talk to anybody else. he put out a statement. i didn't speak to joe yet. he said at no time have i considered resigning my position. the story in the "washington post" was a fake. at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i have never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation. that's from the acting director of national intelligence, a very good man, joseph maguire. so having a great period of time. our country is the strongest it has been economically. our numbers are fundamental. thank you, larry and wilbur. our economy is the strongest in the world. we are the largest in the world. if my opponent had won, we would have been second. and unless somebody does a poor job as president, we will be

you look like a tough cookie. i would not mess around with you even if i did not have that. so we have to get smart, and we have to get tough, and we have to be vigilant. you know, when i talked about the muslims, we talk about illegal immigration and mexico, and then i talked about the muslims. everybody wanted to have a president who will not talk about radical islamic terrorism. he will not talk about it. he will not mention it. when it is 100%, like in paris, and like in california, people killed, 100%. we have a president who will not talk about it. if you cannot use the name, you cannot solve it, so i said we have to have a moratorium. we have to have a ban on until we find out what is going on. it is temporary and all of that. there is hatred out there. i took a tremendous amount of hate, and now everyone is saying, trump is right. look at sweden. look at these places are you look at what is happening in the world, so i will tell you we have to do what is right, and in my case, i would do something that is a little different. i do not go to a pollster and say could yo

he's a tough cookie. [laughter] president trump: i said, you mean grassley likes it? when i heard grassley likes it then we started to get into it. chuck. senator grassley: thank you for your support. this is an example of bipartisanship. people at the grassroots don't see often enough. that's a victory right there. we learn from the states you named. rehabilitation pays off. reduction in crime, reduction in recidivism. [inaudible] secondly, those of us that voted for these cuts, mandatory minute mums 30 years ago, realizes there's some unfairness. i believe this will bring . irness to the system thank you. [applause] >> mr. speaker, i want to commend your leadership on this issue. this is a coalition you don't see very often in washington or anyplace else and it's an example of bipartisan cooperation, coming forward in the interest of justice, in the interest of moving our country in a more just direction. senator cruz: there are a lot of people who worked incredibly hard. [inaudible] [applause] senator cruz: he worked incredibly hard. in the senate chuck grassley, m